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LOUISBURG -- Louisburg High School's final football campaign in the Tar-Roanoke Athletic Conference will begin Aug. 19 with a road showdown against non-league opponent North Johnston.
LHS' first three outings will be away before the Warriors celebrate their home opener Sept. 16 against Bunn.
After this coming year, Louisburg will be moving to the split-classification Northern Carolina Conference.

WINSTON-SALEM -- Winston-Salem's Matt Cooper struck out 11 over eight scoreless innings while leading the Dash to an 8-0 blanking of the Mudcats last Thursday night at BB&T Ballpark in Winston-Salem in a Class A Carolina League baseball showdown.
Ryan Gebhardt was 3-for-4 and had all three Carolina hits in the shutout loss.
Cooper (3-4, 3.22) retired the first nine he faced in consecutive order to start the game and allowed just two hits over eight innings pitched.

LOUISBURG -- The case against operators of a Youngsville assisted living facility accused of negligent staffing levels could get a new venue.
As it stands now, the motion by Saber Healthcare Group to move the case to federal court means they don't have to abide by a ruling in state court to immediately bolster its employee roster.
Those staffing levels are at the heart of a class action lawsuit that alleges understaffing at Franklin Manor Assisted Living Facility has resulted in poor care and placed residents in danger.

TEA WITH ARTIST. The public is invited to an afternoon tea with abstract artist Joy Ayscue on Saturday, June 25 from 3 until 5 p.m. at the FCAC Gallery on 22 S. Main Street, downtown Franklinton. Ayscue says her voice isn't all that melodic, so she uses the medium of acrylic painting to sing her joy to the world. It is her passion to inject the powerful energies that she experiences in her own life such as hope, faith, peace, motivation, inspiration and especially the energy of love into each of her creations in order to share them with others.

Puffs of smoke appear above cookers as participants in Franklin County's 2016 Relay for Life get ready for the annual fundraising event

Purple was the color to wear this year in the Survivors' Walk

The best way to 'relay' and beat the heat was to catch a ride!

Paul Hawkins kept a close eye on the frying fish, not the coolest task on a hot, humid June evening!

Ever just feel like you were the wrong person in the wrong place at the right time -- and maybe for the wrong reasons?
Recently, I kinda felt like that when I was invited to the banquet featuring the teachers of the year and the teacher assistants of the year sponsored by the county school system.
Now, don't misunderstand. It was a great evening. Good food, nice atmosphere, both courtesy of Louisburg College, and an excellent array of well-educated, positive and motivated people to hang around with for an evening.

Whether you were a fan of the late musical artist Prince or not, now that we know what killed him, you need to pay close attention.
His April 21 death has been officially ruled as an overdose of the opiate fentanyl.
That's not a common drug name -- and certainly is not as common as Percocet or Oxycontin.
But it's been around a long time -- since about 1960 -- and has a long, sordid history of being badly abused, often with deadly consequences.

A few weeks ago, an editorial appeared on this very page, essentially chastising our county leadership for its lack of having any public discussion regarding the budget -- a fiscal document that has to be approved by June 30.
Well, after Monday night's county Board of Commissioners meeting, that lack of dialogue has been rectified.
But, I have to ask you to take part in this philosophical thought experiment that raises questions regarding observation and knowledge of reality: "If a budget book falls in a meeting room and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

It's budget time at the state and local levels of government in North Carolina.
As of this writing, both chambers of the NCGA have passed their versions, which now have to be reconciled before being submitted to the Governator. I'd like to take a look at one particularly harmful aspect of the Senate's plan.
The GOP war on traditional public education has many fronts and this budget is no exception.

Dear editor: Yes, "A Ticking Time Bomb."
Where is Justice, Franklin County Court System and D.A. Mike Waters? I tried to advocate for my daughter in 2014, but Mike Waters didn't listen to what I had to say because I was not the victim.

Franklin County Arts Council is hosting a free Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 18, from 1 until 4 p.m. at BROAD community center, 583 Bunn Elementary School Road, Bunn.
Participants are asked to bring a picnic lunch and a chair and enjoy the music presented by Sisters and Brothers Unity with Howard Overton.
Also on the program will be Johnny Boy and The True Blessings, the C4C Steppers, quilt show, arts and crafts, and Chyefa will present a talk titled "What's in a Name?"

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. -- Students with local ties to the community were named to the Dean's List for the spring semester of the 2015-2016 academic year at Hampden-Sydney College. To earn this distinction, students must achieve at least a 3.3 semester grade point average out of a possible 4.0.
Zachary P. Wiggin is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Wiggin of Franklinton;

Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Director Eddie Ferguson, (left) Josh Towne (center) and Dr. Stelfanie Williams, VGCC president, mark the creation of the new Chick-fil-A of Henderson scholarship.

RALEIGH - Funeral services for Pastor Dorothy Walthour, 68, who died Friday, June 3, 2016 will be held Saturday, June 11, at 11 a.m. at the Emmanuel Church of God in Louisburg, with Bishop McKinley Green officiating. Burial will follow in the M. H. Jones Cemetery.

LOUISBURG - Alice Phelps Hight, 93, of Louisburg, died Friday morning at her home.

ORANGE PARK, FLA.-- Funeral services for Johnny C. "Jay-Cee" Floyd Jr., 64, formerly of Louisburg, who died Wednesday, June 1, 2016, will be held Friday, June 10, at Cedar Rock Baptist Church in Castalia, with the Rev. Bobby Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in the Strickland family cemetery.

LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Charles "C.W." Ellis, 85, who died Sunday, June 5, 2016, will be held Friday, June 10, at 2 p.m. at Nelson Chapel Baptist Church in Louisburg. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Alberta Moore, 91, who died Saturday, June 4, 2016, will be held Thursday, June 9, at 1 p.m., at Allen Chapel Baptist Church.  Burial will follow in the Mary Helen Jones Cemetery.

LOUISBURG - Elsie Christine Hayes Gordon Leonard, 91, died Friday morning, June 3, 2016. A funeral service was held at 6 p.m. today, Tuesday, June 7, in the chapel of Strickland Funeral Home. The family received friends immediately following the service. Burial was private at Sandy Creek Baptist Church cemetery.